Stories

Michael (18) has just graduated from high school in the small town of Vimy, Assiniboia. Life has been predictable and his parents counsel him to make responsible choices about his future. His sister comes home for the weekend and entices him to a college party out at a local farm. Michael, tired of the endless round of drunken partying with familiar faces, looks forward to the chance to step into the new world of college.

Fourteen year old Daniel Murrell finds ninth grade at Riverview High School a serious challenge. Beneath the school's mentorship program is a strong undercurrent of violence and abuse. His year is a rite of passage in which he comes to terms with his bisexuality, forges new friendships and comes to love.

Graham (28) goes to the Christmas Eve service to be with his husband John. He is alienated from his deeply religious family and detached from the warmth of the service. He identifies a kindred spirit teenage Theo and learns they have more in common than he thought as Theo is joined by Jesse. Graham leaves strengthened by the encounter.

Story of a cop coming out in Alberta Canada

A retired Dutch psychotherapist meets a severely burnt little Gypsy boy, and takes him into his house. The boy turns out to be the vanished Heir to the Throne.

What a strange way to meet your dream guy.

Year 2010
A global recession wreaks havoc in international markets...

Author didn't leave one.

Typical college story.

Four young men show up at the new dorm suite, Beaverbook 26, on the Saturday before their first day in college to find some big differences among them - and some settling similarities as well.